Further information
Below are links to more information about your rights and the ways that the NHS uses personal information:
- The NHS Care Record Guarantee and the NHS Constitution, which govern the way in which the NHS uses patient confidential information;
- The NHS Digital Guide to Confidentiality in Health and Social Care;
- The National Data Guardian’s Panel advises on the state of Information Governance across the health and social care system in England;
- Section 251 and the Confidentiality Advisory Committee, who provide independent expert advice to the HRA (for research applications) and the Secretary of State for Health (for non-research applications) on whether applications to access patient information without consent should or should not be approved;
- NHS England advice for CCGs and GPs on information governance and risk stratification;
- NHS Digital;
- Arden and GEM CSU
- MedeAnalytics
- Optum Health Solutions UK
- The Information Commissioner’s Office; and
- National Data Opt-Out